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ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Because deafness is a low-incidence disability, with deaf and hard-of-hearing students widely dispersed
throughout the nation’s 15,000 school districts, finding and admitting qualified students to NTID is always
a challenge.
The number of new students entering NTID fall 2009 was 423. The total included 329 deaf and hard-ofhearing
freshmen and transfers, 30 first-year deaf and hard-of-hearing graduate students (18 in the
Master of Science program in Secondary Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
[MSSE] and 12 in other RIT master’s programs), 64 first-year hearing students (52 in the ASL-English
Interpretation program, and 12 in the MSSE program).
Overall, NTID’s applicants decreased by three percent from last year’s 1,000 to 966 applicants for fall
2009 enrollment. Total enrollment was 1,474 compared to 1,450 for last year. The breakdown of the
1,474 students is as follows:
Deaf and
Hard-of Hearing Hearing Total
Undergraduate Programs
Career Exploration Studies 124 0 124
Career-focused Associate Programs 485 0 485
Transfer Associate Programs 150 0 150
Baccalaureate (ASL-English Interpretation)
Baccalaureate/Master’s Programs in other RIT
0 138* 138*
Colleges 478 0 478
Subtotal NTID Undergraduate Programs 1,237 138 1,375
Graduate Programs at RIT 38 0 38
MSSE Program 32 29 61
Total Enrolled Students 1,307 167 1,474
NTID’s student population remains strong in both ethnic and geographic diversity. Minority students
represent 33 percent of this year’s fall 2009 entering class; compared to 32 percent of the total student
body of U.S. students. This percentage compares favorably to the national average for degree granting
institutions, which is 28.7 percent.
In addition, NTID enrolled 12 new international students. The total number of international students
is 42, or 2.8 percent of the total student population.
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Number Percent
U.S. Students 1,432 97.2%
International Students 42 2.8%
Total 1,474 100.0%
In summary, NTID registered 423 new students and is serving a total of 1,474 students.
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* There are an additional three students who are double-majors, with one major in NTID and another in a different college of RIT.